Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the age of 70

Re:Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the ag... by furyofantares on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @01:42AM (#35449796)

The famous and much maligned, but actually good game, Monopoly of course has the characteristic that the best stuff happens to you on opponents' turns. It's a great characteristic for a lot of groups.

It's also a fairly rare characteristic despite two of the largest tabletop games ever, Catan and Monopoly, having versions of it.

Machi Koro is an excellent more modern game with the same characteristic.

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Re:Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the ag... by lostlogin on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @02:50AM (#35450287)

I wasn’t aware of anything good ever happening with a game of monopoly. It’s a slow grind of hell.

Settlers is like a gateway drug to so many good games.

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Re:Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the ag... by kuschku on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @05:47AM (#35451603)

If a monopoly game takes longer than 30 minutes, you're not following the rules.

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Re:Creator of Catan, Klaus Teuber, has passed away at the ag... by TheCycoONE on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:48AM (#35452489)

It can easily take forever following the rules if everyone plays conservatively and refuses to trade.

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